cheerly
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of cheerly
Example Sentences
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Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, “I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men.”
From Graded Memory Selections by Hughes, Charles C.
A slight fear occasionally rose, to be suppressed on a second thought; and evening advanced while yet their hearts were cheerly and at rest.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, 'I pray thee then, Write me as one that loves his fellow men.'
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
To Sorrow I bade good-morrow, And thought to leave her far away behind; But cheerly, cheerly, She loves me dearly— She is so constant to me and so kind.
From Side Lights by Allen, Grant
Up the trinal steps My leader cheerly drew me.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by Slattery, John T. (John Theodore)
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